CalMatters' new newsletter writer, lynnlaaa is embarking on a periodic series of interviews with fellow newcomers — first-term California legislators. First up: Assemblymember Corey Jackson.
What was your childhood like?
You’ve introduced a series of bills that you say create a more equitable California. Can you talk about this? My bills are really about showing people that there’s now the new frontier of anti-racism. Racism began as a systemic strategy for economic advantage. So, we have to now create systemic solutions. A lot of the time we focus on, “Well, speak up! Talk to your friends, talk to your families. Tell your story!” But we miss the systemic part.
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